Etirama and Nilpeter enter partnership

The partnership was confirmed at a dinner attended by 90 converters in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Etirama was represented at the event by Marion Geraldo Schröter, director and founder, Ronnie Schröter, commercial director, Thomas Schröter, chief of supplies, and Edson Pantarotti, industrial director. Nilpeter Brazil, a subsidiary of Nilpeter which accounts for the company's business in Latin America, was represented by its CEO, Rubens Wilmers.

‘Etirama and Nilpeter discovered that they have much in common, they have a lot of technological synergy,’ said Schröter. ‘I'm sure that we are opening a new level in the flexographic printing segment with the technology partnership between Etirama, the largest manufacturer of flexographic printers in the Southern Hemisphere and Latin America, and Nilpeter, a world leader whose technology is consecrated in the most demanding markets in the world, including the US and Europe.’

‘In the past, we have had a factory in Brazil and, for a long time, we kept the dream of returning to produce in a country which represents a very important market,’ added Wilmers. ‘This opportunity came through this partnership with Etirama, which is already bearing fruit through a new print equipment model that relies on the joint expertise of both companies.’

The first result of the partnership will be the launch of the FBR 3300 flexo press. The FBR 3300 will be launched at Label Latin America 2015, a trade show held in Sao Paulo on August 26-28.

The FBR 3300 press has two sales already sealed, including to Grif Rótulos (the first company to acquire this equipment) and to VP Laser. ‘I’m a customer of both companies; I know their directors and high-tech printers. So I had no doubt in this investment because I am sure of the quality of the new equipment,’ said Francisco Paz, director of Grif Rótulos.

Watch a video about the partnership here